Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
A stone memorial cross of Portland stone is sited within the churchyard of St Saviour’s Church, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2RP. The 15’ high memorial stands on a square plinth with 3 steps, raised on a mound edged with local pennant sandstone. The inscription on the lower east face of the plinth is “REMEMBER WITH PRAYER AND GRATITUDE THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WARS 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945 ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL PEACE”
The framed war memorial from Manor School C of E Primary School is now kept at the church.
| Name | Born | Died | Regiment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Ethelbert Wilfred | 1880 | 16/05/1915 | Monmouthshire Regiment |
| Biggs Percy Charles | 06/02/1901 | 21/05/1940 | Royal Army Service Corps |
| Bisp Harold | 1898 | 19/10/1918 | Machine Gun Corps |
| Butler William James | 1886 | 27/05/1918 | Yorkshire Regiment - The Green Howards |
| Chamberlain Wilfred Henry | 1893 | 24/07/1916 | Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Clark George | 17/06/1940 | Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps | |
| Cooke Eric Thomas | 1922 | 16/07/1943 | Royal Air Force |
| Corcoran Peter | 1903 | 10/03/1944 | General Service Corps |
| Cryer Albert William | 1925 | 11/06/1944 | Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Dowsell Frederick William | 1893 | 02/08/1916 | Royal Field Artillery |
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